Being the best Quote by Chuck D

Every artist can actually say that, that the overseas community appreciates the culture of hip-hop more, really, rather than over here. So it's fun…

— Redman

Hip-hop culture is probably one of the most powerful things to come out of America in a long time - everything from the music…

— will.i.am

Hip hop is the way it is because of America.

— Dizzee Rascal

Hip hop has always been, for us, for artists who are pure to the craft - any place overseas, whether it's Australia, any place…

— Talib Kweli

We're a direct mirror of the audience, and that shows how hip-hop has expanded. It's no longer just an urban thing, and it's no…

— Taboo

Hip-hop is not something we do, it's something we live. It's the way we dress, the way we talk... everybody bobbing to the same…

— Erykah Badu

When I was growing up, hip-hop music existed as American thing. If you listened to it you were listening to an American subculture, whereas…

— Jonas Carpignano

Hip-hop is all over the planet.

— Herbie Hancock

Hip-hop belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's one of the most radical, revolutionary and reactionary music there is.

— Steve Miller

East Coast, West Coast, all that needs to cease. Everyone wants hip-hop to be this big empire, but we're not going to get to…

— Da Brat

Hip-hop is a worldwide culture. We have permeated every urban environment.

— KRS-One

No matter what part of the country you come from, you can always come together to make groundbreaking hip-hop.

— Ice Cube